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but with the fiscal cliff, and the election, if it's mishandled it could throw us back into a recession. thos put a cloud of uncertainty over everyone's head. so i'm fundamentally optimistic about america. i think at the end of the day, there will be a grand bargain, and let's face it, the only time you can get a grand bargain is immediately after a presidential election. it needs to be done, hopefully it will get done, certainly not without brinksmanship, and excitement unnerving for the market. >> we'll leave it there. joining me was mike jackmon, ceo of auto nation. >> thank you very much. >> susie: also from the auto beat, a recall for ford motor. more than 11,000 ford escape s.u.v.s are being called back. ford says a fuel leak in 2013 models with 1.6-liter engines could result in a fire. the auto maker is telling owners to contact their dealers to schedule a repair. the new escape hit the market just last month. two tech titans out with stronger than expected earnings after the close of trading today, and both stocks were up in the after market. first, google. second-quarter earnin
but with the fiscal cliff, and the election, if it's mishandled it could throw us back into a recession. thos put a cloud of uncertainty over everyone's head. so i'm fundamentally optimistic about america. i think at the end of the day, there will be a grand bargain, and let's face it, the only time you can get a grand bargain is immediately after a presidential election. it needs to be done, hopefully it will get done, certainly not without brinksmanship, and excitement unnerving for the...
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so much so that they gave his alliance a large majority in elections earlier this month. suddenly, ivanishvili is georgia's new savior. he got rich during the privatization russia after the collapse of the soviet union. many don't care whether he made it honestly or not. for years, he shied away from publicity. now he is surrounded by suspicion. some say he is a stooge trying to bring moscow back into influence. >> it is very difficult to talk about him because he kept to itself. a year ago he announced he was entering politics. since then, we have not learned a lot more about him, except what we knew anyway. he was a billionaire. he sponsored a lot of things in georgia. we knew that before as well. >> pple knew his home high above tbilisi, a futuristic palace designed by japanese architect. this is where his family lives, or he has offices, and his collection of modern art. >> there is a warhol and a mitchell. i love them all. one of my favorites is this painter. look at that. he was so versatile. you can always find something new in his work. you have to have a look at
so much so that they gave his alliance a large majority in elections earlier this month. suddenly, ivanishvili is georgia's new savior. he got rich during the privatization russia after the collapse of the soviet union. many don't care whether he made it honestly or not. for years, he shied away from publicity. now he is surrounded by suspicion. some say he is a stooge trying to bring moscow back into influence. >> it is very difficult to talk about him because he kept to itself. a year...
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more latinos vote in each election. each election cycle, whether midterm or presidential, you compare 2008 to 2004, more hispanic voters. 2010 to 2006, more hispanic voters. and that's going to likely continue, because of so much population growth. so the hispanic vote is growing, and it's not only changing the demographics of eligible voters, but also changing the demographics of who actually votes on election day. but here's the other interesting part. you asked me whether or not this is the moment, is this the time? i think this is a gradual process, but because hispanics are a presence in many states, like in nevada, like in colorado, like in new mexico, like in florida, which have been battleground states, in those cases, the hispanic electorate, while not the majority of voters in those states, but a significant share of the voters in those states, could potentially play a bigger role. and it seems as if politicians have paid more attention to hispanics in recent election cycles then was the case, say, in the 1990
more latinos vote in each election. each election cycle, whether midterm or presidential, you compare 2008 to 2004, more hispanic voters. 2010 to 2006, more hispanic voters. and that's going to likely continue, because of so much population growth. so the hispanic vote is growing, and it's not only changing the demographics of eligible voters, but also changing the demographics of who actually votes on election day. but here's the other interesting part. you asked me whether or not this is the...
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he goes in the general election in a much different place than barack obama was going in a general election in 2008, where barack obama increased his favorability by 20 points. mitt romney has to figure out a way to win a campaign positively. >> rose: did he begin to do that a little at the end of the campaign? >> i agree. >> rose: go ahead, mike. you agree? >> no, no, i concur. me has won with the big stick and the money, and i think after super tuesday, if he wins ohio, picks up a southern state or two, tennessee, et cetera, and gets that delegate map argument working, it's time to start to look at the general election, and triangulate a little bit. he has to go out and lose an alabama primary to send a message to the general election with a positive message not just pure base orthodoxy and anger it's very important for him. it will be painful in the primary but that's the price of getting his positives back up because without them the obama guys will keep him back on his heels. he will will have to pivot and a sharper message of what he can do for the country and less than what is wrong
he goes in the general election in a much different place than barack obama was going in a general election in 2008, where barack obama increased his favorability by 20 points. mitt romney has to figure out a way to win a campaign positively. >> rose: did he begin to do that a little at the end of the campaign? >> i agree. >> rose: go ahead, mike. you agree? >> no, no, i concur. me has won with the big stick and the money, and i think after super tuesday, if he wins...
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what of putin now that this election is behind him? does he rule with a lighter hand or crack down further? what's the early thinking there? >> warner: i'll tell you, jeff, that is the big unanswered question. for a figure who has been in public life as long as he has, he's really owe pack... opaque. he did send a message or at least the russian government did send a message. he did invite on the other hand all his rivals over to his residence today and talked about investigating these fraud allegations. but the real question is, does he liberalize politically or doehecontinue treating th with theisdainhat he did when they first started demonstrating back in december when he compared the white ribbons they wear to condoms? certainly the comments he made last night didn't seem to give them any quarter. i was in a very interesting dinner last week with some very senior well connected observers and writers in moscow. it was fascinating what a split of opinion there was about putin. some people said he's really flexible and think he'll do
what of putin now that this election is behind him? does he rule with a lighter hand or crack down further? what's the early thinking there? >> warner: i'll tell you, jeff, that is the big unanswered question. for a figure who has been in public life as long as he has, he's really owe pack... opaque. he did send a message or at least the russian government did send a message. he did invite on the other hand all his rivals over to his residence today and talked about investigating these...
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this election story is from the battleground state of pennsylvania. ray suarez has our report. >> suarez: 60-year-old wilola lee of philadelphia says she's voted in almost every presidential election since the '70s she's a retired employee of the city's board of education, who spent several years working at r local polling station. but in november, under the voter identification law passed in pennsylvania, lee will not be able to cast a ballot. the new law requires all eligible voters to have a state- approved form of identification issued by penndot, the pennsylvania department of transportation, and the requirements for approval are strict. wilola lee already has a number of identification cards. >> this is the only i.d. that i have to identify myself, it's a social security card. then i have a personal pennsylvania i.d. card. >> reporter: but lee does not have one document required by the law to get a sta-issd i.d., her original birth certificate. it was destroyed in a fire. >> i've been trying to get my birth certificate for the past ten years, ov
this election story is from the battleground state of pennsylvania. ray suarez has our report. >> suarez: 60-year-old wilola lee of philadelphia says she's voted in almost every presidential election since the '70s she's a retired employee of the city's board of education, who spent several years working at r local polling station. but in november, under the voter identification law passed in pennsylvania, lee will not be able to cast a ballot. the new law requires all eligible voters to...
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they opposed barnes' re-election. they funded his challenger and lobbied to rescind the law. >> right after governor barnes' defeat in november, one of the top legislative priorities for the new governor and the new legislature was to gut the georgia fair lending act. i thinit was about two weeks into the new legislative session and it was gutted. >> narrator: but for a seven- month period, predatory lending in georgia declined. it may have been the last chance to slow the housing boom. >> i would like to sit up here and tell you that i was like nostradamus, that i saw that the world was going to come to an end because of all this. but i could never have foreseen the difficulty that existed. never have... could i have foreseen that. >> i think we stl would have seen an unrealisc bubble. but it wouldn't have gone up as fast and it wouldn't have collapsed as fast. we would not have been in as deep a hole today as we are if we hadn't had these funny mortgage products. >> no let up in the housing boom, which is good for t
they opposed barnes' re-election. they funded his challenger and lobbied to rescind the law. >> right after governor barnes' defeat in november, one of the top legislative priorities for the new governor and the new legislature was to gut the georgia fair lending act. i thinit was about two weeks into the new legislative session and it was gutted. >> narrator: but for a seven- month period, predatory lending in georgia declined. it may have been the last chance to slow the housing...
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president met this afternoon with the newly elected president of of mexico. nieto who takes office saturday. >> mexico has become not simply an important bilateral partner but is today a very important multilateral, multinational leader on a whole range of issues from energy to climate change and we look forward to working with mexico not only on regional issues but also on global issues. >> we also share a very important vision, a vision of creating more jobs. we know this is very important not only for the american people but also for the mexican people. for both our nations. but not only that, we also have the opportunity to integrate north america to be participating in this part of the world. >> suarez: their most immediate challenge may be the surge of drug violence in recent years. outgoing mexican president calderon wage war on the cartels at a cost of 60,000 dead over six years. but last summer, pena nieto told the newshour's margaret warner there has to be a better way. >> it is very clear after several years of this fight on drug trafficking we hav
president met this afternoon with the newly elected president of of mexico. nieto who takes office saturday. >> mexico has become not simply an important bilateral partner but is today a very important multilateral, multinational leader on a whole range of issues from energy to climate change and we look forward to working with mexico not only on regional issues but also on global issues. >> we also share a very important vision, a vision of creating more jobs. we know this is very...
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and it certainly helped bill clinton get elected. and while he did some od this like banci the budget, he also unleashed wall street by repealing glass-steagall, and he signed bills that would end regulation on derivatives. so he is at least to some degree responsible for the wall street debacle. >>and that's how, to quote a third of your subtitles, "the middle class got shafted"? >> both parties don't really seem to care about having a vibrant manufacturing base in this country, regardless of their rhetoric. iememr throughout the '90s the clinton administration was lobbying relentlessly for free trade deals. and the promise for each one was, it will bring jobs to america. and in every case, the jobs left. >> the republican party now has the super rich and its corporate wing funding it and the religious right provides the ground troops. why are so many everyday folks out there in the pews defending the prerogatives of the rich? >> that's something of a mystery. the federal reserve, in one of their recent reports, found that net house
and it certainly helped bill clinton get elected. and while he did some od this like banci the budget, he also unleashed wall street by repealing glass-steagall, and he signed bills that would end regulation on derivatives. so he is at least to some degree responsible for the wall street debacle. >>and that's how, to quote a third of your subtitles, "the middle class got shafted"? >> both parties don't really seem to care about having a vibrant manufacturing base in this...
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commissioner for nearly ten years but has never held elected office. now he leads a government composed mostly of other technocrats. they must try to ensure that italy can continue to borrow on international credit markets and keep paying off a national debt that equals 120% of its gross domestic product. among e.u. countries, only greece has a larger debt load. monti has pushed through budget and social welfare cuts. but he also has warned his european partners, especially germany, that austerity must be accompanied by growth. at the same time, his moves to modernize the italian economy have run up against long-time traditions, such as the protective hold that guilds have over everything from taxi cabs to lawyers. so far his proposals have been endorsed by parliament but more tests loom. i talked with prime minister monti at his offices in rome's 16th century building this mornig. thank you for having us. >> great pleasure. >> warner: as we sit here greece is undergoing yet another 24-hour general strike. the financing situation hasn't been resolved.
commissioner for nearly ten years but has never held elected office. now he leads a government composed mostly of other technocrats. they must try to ensure that italy can continue to borrow on international credit markets and keep paying off a national debt that equals 120% of its gross domestic product. among e.u. countries, only greece has a larger debt load. monti has pushed through budget and social welfare cuts. but he also has warned his european partners, especially germany, that...
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who do i think can get elected and who do i really support? >> woodruff: plus, stuart rothenberg and susan page assess the state of play in the g.o.p. campaign as e candidates vow they arin t racfor e long hal. >> ifill: as russian presidential elections approach, antigovernment protests grow. ray suarez talks with margaret warner, who's reporting from moscow. >> woodruff: and spencer michels reports on how music therapy can help the brain recover from disability or injury. >> music can make a positive impact on people suffering from early onset dimension, kids with aus tism, with veterans coming back and trying to learn to walk without a limb. >> ifil that's all aheaon tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by con
who do i think can get elected and who do i really support? >> woodruff: plus, stuart rothenberg and susan page assess the state of play in the g.o.p. campaign as e candidates vow they arin t racfor e long hal. >> ifill: as russian presidential elections approach, antigovernment protests grow. ray suarez talks with margaret warner, who's reporting from moscow. >> woodruff: and spencer michels reports on how music therapy can help the brain recover from disability or injury....
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because these budgets are always seen as election... especially in election years seen as political statements. >> they're always political statements this one particularly so. there's no expectation that this is a blue print for how the nation will proceed on its actual budget. it's a blueprint for the debate we're going to have this year. it provides a pretty sharp contrast for americans on what they want to spend their money on. the government's money. how big a government they want. what role they want the government to play. in the economy and in their lives in things like education and health care. so in that way a helpful debate but in terms of this is the course the nation will go on? no. this will be the debate we're going to have for the next nine months. >> woodruff: susan page, stu rothenberg, thank you both. >> thank you, judy. >> thanks. >> brown: next tonight, the debate in china over the growing influence of western culture. slavery by another name based on the pulitzer prize winning book of the same name tells the story
because these budgets are always seen as election... especially in election years seen as political statements. >> they're always political statements this one particularly so. there's no expectation that this is a blue print for how the nation will proceed on its actual budget. it's a blueprint for the debate we're going to have this year. it provides a pretty sharp contrast for americans on what they want to spend their money on. the government's money. how big a government they want....
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that's what were fighting for in this election. so, i want to stop giving $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies each year to big oil companies that are making huge profits and have been subsidized for 100 years,nd keep investing in homegrown energy sources like wind that have never been more promising. that's the difference in this election. >> woodruff: at the same time, romney was in ohio's coal country, arguing it's the president who's forsaken a ready-made energy source. he was flanked by a group of coal miners in bellsville. >> we have 250 years of coal; why in the heck wouldn't we use it? and so i want to take advantage of those energy resources. i like all of those sources of energy. you've probably heard the president say he's for all of the above, and i wondered what he meant because i see how he' been waging war on coal, and i wondered how could he possibly say that. then it came to me. he's for all the sources of energy that come from above the ground, none of those from below the ground, like oil and coal and gas. i'm for al
that's what were fighting for in this election. so, i want to stop giving $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies each year to big oil companies that are making huge profits and have been subsidized for 100 years,nd keep investing in homegrown energy sources like wind that have never been more promising. that's the difference in this election. >> woodruff: at the same time, romney was in ohio's coal country, arguing it's the president who's forsaken a ready-made energy source. he was flanked by...
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he says it all comes down to numbers and history. >> democrats cannot get elected to national office without a super-majority of african american and latino votes. that's been true for a long time. democrats have not won a majority of the white vote since 1964. what's happened over the course of, say, the last 20 years is that the number of states where latino voters are able to tip the balance has grown from being, say, just california in the mid-1990s to now including places like nevada, colorado. in the last election, indiana and north carolina are places where the margin of victory among latinos was larger than the margin of victory statewide. >> ifill: a sore spot for republicans-- tough talk on immigration that rejects citizenship and focuses on law enforcement. >> the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job barack obama isn't doing. i will drop those lawsuits on day one. i'll also complete the fence. and i'll make sure we have enough border patrol agents to secure the fence. >> ifill: but the state g.o.p
he says it all comes down to numbers and history. >> democrats cannot get elected to national office without a super-majority of african american and latino votes. that's been true for a long time. democrats have not won a majority of the white vote since 1964. what's happened over the course of, say, the last 20 years is that the number of states where latino voters are able to tip the balance has grown from being, say, just california in the mid-1990s to now including places like...
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and against that back drop, the election of the country's new president, the same year, was marred by claims of irregularities and ballot stuffing. that in turn led to violent protests, burning streets and clashes with police and with some of the more than 12,000 u.n. peacekeepers deployed in haiti. still by april 2011, the country's newy elected president was talking hopefully. >> you wanted change. you voted for change. change in our political activities. change in our economic choices. change in our social organization. >> reporter: for now, the people of haiti are still awaiting much of that chan as the long, torturous rebuilding process goes on. for an assessment of the progress, the delays and the remaining challenges in haiti's recovery two years after the quake, here's geoffrey brown. >> brown: and we update the situation now with the senior director of international response and programs for the american red cross and another man with mobilize for haiti, a grass roots organization seeking better housing and an emergency alert system in haiti. welcome to both of you. >> two ye
and against that back drop, the election of the country's new president, the same year, was marred by claims of irregularities and ballot stuffing. that in turn led to violent protests, burning streets and clashes with police and with some of the more than 12,000 u.n. peacekeepers deployed in haiti. still by april 2011, the country's newy elected president was talking hopefully. >> you wanted change. you voted for change. change in our political activities. change in our economic choices....
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but it is still eight months from the election. if this is the republican low point it's not that low. you have a president that's generally been under 50% gallup approval. he's actually under 45% approval in 12 battle ground states right now in the latest polling. mitt romney has weaknesses. but he would not be running against bill clinton. he's also running against a candidate that has significant problems appeal to go white working class voters, significant charisma challenges of his own to some extent. these are both serious, credible candidates that could win assuming that's the match-up. >> i think president obama has a couple things going for him. one is 71% of the people like him. mitt romney... in the final analysis before they vote for you,hey generally have to ke you. but michael is right that presidents who are under 50% in the gallup poll in positive job rating have a tough time getting re-elected. michael worked for one of the few who did, george w. bush, 48% in 2004. generally speaking if you're at 45% you're not goi
but it is still eight months from the election. if this is the republican low point it's not that low. you have a president that's generally been under 50% gallup approval. he's actually under 45% approval in 12 battle ground states right now in the latest polling. mitt romney has weaknesses. but he would not be running against bill clinton. he's also running against a candidate that has significant problems appeal to go white working class voters, significant charisma challenges of his own to...
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this is not an election. this procedure is aimed at only one thing, the appointment of prime minister putin once again the president, seemingly for life. >> warner: for life? it's just a six-year term. >> (translated): putin has been in power since '99, from the moment when he was appointed acting prime minister by boris yeltsin. now, formally he's not the president but in fact he's a kind of czar, autocrat, unfortunately he can not imagine for himself another way of existence. all the ghosts of qaddafi are hauntinhim and he knows either he will be the president or something unfortunate will happen to him. >> warner: still, what does it say about russian society, do you think, that you've had this incredible opposition movement arise in, at least publicly, just three months. >> (translated): six months ago if you had ever asked me whether this would happen in three months i would have been very skeptical about it. nevertheless, it happened suddenly and it wasn't organized by the russian opposition. putin did
this is not an election. this procedure is aimed at only one thing, the appointment of prime minister putin once again the president, seemingly for life. >> warner: for life? it's just a six-year term. >> (translated): putin has been in power since '99, from the moment when he was appointed acting prime minister by boris yeltsin. now, formally he's not the president but in fact he's a kind of czar, autocrat, unfortunately he can not imagine for himself another way of existence. all...
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to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama, who can take him >> suarez: from there, it was off to puerto rico, ahead of the primary there on sunday, with 23 delegates at stake. in san juan, santorum argued again thatt's now between romney and himself. romney had sounded confident yesterday, on cnn, before learning that he finished third in both alabama and mississippi. >> senator santorum is at the desperate end of his campaign and is trying in some way to boost his prospects. >> some who are conservative may not be this my cam many but they will be when i face the nominee and face barack obama. and the campaign issued a public memo thasays while rick santorum is taking a victory lap after alabama and mississippi, the fact remains that nothing has changed or advanced his chances of getting the republican nomination. in fact, despite santorum's victories on tuesday, it was romney who took away the most delegates from the day's contests. according to the associated pres
to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama, who can take him >> suarez: from there, it was off to puerto rico, ahead of the primary there on sunday, with 23 delegates at stake. in san juan, santorum argued again thatt's now between romney and himself. romney had sounded confident yesterday, on cnn, before learning that he finished third in both alabama and mississippi....
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i mean they were key to his election. and the difference is between unmarried women and marrowed women. john mccain carried married women in 2008. >> woodruff: how do you see it, do you see republicans doing -- >> i think republicans, i think they were ill-served by the hearings on capitol hill, the darryl issa committee lined up six males to comment and be witnesses on the subject of contraception. once it switched from a debate about religious freedom to a question of contraception, i think the republicans were in terrible shape. i think that rush limbaugh hurt the republicans quite honestly when he cated anybo seeking contraceptive aid as being a shut or a prostitute. there are very few people in the country who don't have a close relative who is on contraceptive medication. >> woodruff: do you see this dying out as an issue? >> well, i think the contraception, it is tough to see anybody fighting a campaign on contraception. and just quickly on rush limbaugh, i'm not sure people really see hims as a republican. there i
i mean they were key to his election. and the difference is between unmarried women and marrowed women. john mccain carried married women in 2008. >> woodruff: how do you see it, do you see republicans doing -- >> i think republicans, i think they were ill-served by the hearings on capitol hill, the darryl issa committee lined up six males to comment and be witnesses on the subject of contraception. once it switched from a debate about religious freedom to a question of...
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it was selection before the election. all these petitioners for elections are more or less managed by putin and his regime, >> warner: whether falsity will mark the vote itself is being watched by civic groups and liberal parties, who've trained volunteers as election observers. >> we'll have lots of people going from one station to another. >> warner: ksenia sokolvas independent group golos also runs a web site that's compiling allegations of pre-ballot vote rigging >> this person says his boss told everyone how to vote and promised presents for good votes. >> warner: even the russian government is installing web cameras in 90,000 voting stations. however that vote goes, putin will retake the reins of a society that's deeply split between old and new. >> putin has his core constituency-- people who do not live in big cities, people who share the psychology of dependence and they rely on the government. >> waer: on the other side, says analyst lipman, is an urbanized middle class increasingly working in the private sector
it was selection before the election. all these petitioners for elections are more or less managed by putin and his regime, >> warner: whether falsity will mark the vote itself is being watched by civic groups and liberal parties, who've trained volunteers as election observers. >> we'll have lots of people going from one station to another. >> warner: ksenia sokolvas independent group golos also runs a web site that's compiling allegations of pre-ballot vote rigging >>...
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. >> we have elections too often. it gets in way of doing good work here in washington. >> woodruff: your friends and the democratic party and the democratic side of the house e predicting that they can take back the house majority this year, that they can win back at least the 25 seats it would take to regain the majority. what do you think? should they be so confident. >> i don't think they should be that confident. but it's going to be an election. we have redistricting going on all across the country so most members will be in new districts. but while i think there's going to be a real fight, i think that we have a reasonable opportunity to maintain the majority. i promised the american people when we took the majority that my job was to listen to them every day and to follow their will. whether it's cutting spending or getting our economy going again, we've done what the american people have asked us to do. >> woodruff: finally on the presidential campaign, i know you need to stay neutral. you're officially neutr
. >> we have elections too often. it gets in way of doing good work here in washington. >> woodruff: your friends and the democratic party and the democratic side of the house e predicting that they can take back the house majority this year, that they can win back at least the 25 seats it would take to regain the majority. what do you think? should they be so confident. >> i don't think they should be that confident. but it's going to be an election. we have redistricting...
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it swept october elections with 41% of the vote. human rights activist intissar kherigi is an ennahada party member who returned to tunisia after 20 years in exile in london. she counsels patience with a government that has been in power less than two months. >> i think what's important is that you have people in government who are serious about reform, and they're there to make change. they're not there to steal, they're there to build, just as if you look at history, the american democratic system, the american revolution took a while to transform into a stable democratic system. >> reporter: members of the new constituent assembly are meeting here in the parliament building to help define the rules that are going to change and shape a new tunisia. but assembly members are getting hung up on logistical issues like which language should be allowed in session. a handful of members are tunisians who have returned from living abroad and don't speak the standard arabic many consider correct for parliamentary meetings. >> ( translated )
it swept october elections with 41% of the vote. human rights activist intissar kherigi is an ennahada party member who returned to tunisia after 20 years in exile in london. she counsels patience with a government that has been in power less than two months. >> i think what's important is that you have people in government who are serious about reform, and they're there to make change. they're not there to steal, they're there to build, just as if you look at history, the american...
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>> well, i think the standards of accuracy in a lot of ads in this election have been pretty low. i think this ad is in its own dismal category. i think it's factually inaccurate. if you look at the details involved about romney's involvement in this matter. i think that the arguments are absurd. i think that the message is slanderous. and genuinely unfair. we're no longer arguing whether what standardses we should apply to political advertising. we're starting to argue whether there are any standards whatsoever for political advertising. and this is really a shameless ad that no one seems to be ashamed of. >> uhm, yes, except that-- >> warr: yes, it's over the top. >> yes, it's over the top, shameless that nobody seems to be ashamed of, but when the tag line of governor romney's ad, "you deserve a president who would say or do anything," i think i have to say, that seems these days to be applying to both campaigns. i think this ad is scurrilous in suggesting, insigneueating that governor romney was somehow responsible through some series of events for this woman's death, and it's
>> well, i think the standards of accuracy in a lot of ads in this election have been pretty low. i think this ad is in its own dismal category. i think it's factually inaccurate. if you look at the details involved about romney's involvement in this matter. i think that the arguments are absurd. i think that the message is slanderous. and genuinely unfair. we're no longer arguing whether what standardses we should apply to political advertising. we're starting to argue whether there are...
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we've had 10 presidential elections with televised debates. in three of them one candidate went into the first debate leading and another candidate came out of the last debate leading much it's turnedded campaigns in 1960 and 1980 and in 2000. so it can be done but it's a high task for sure. >> remember, we've been campaigning or we haven't been campaigning but the candidates have been campaigning for six months now. >> woodruff: do you agree with susan that a debate can change the trajectory of a race? >> i do. i think it can but it doesn't... it wasn't automatically change a trajectory. something significant has to happen. one of the contestants, one of the debaters has to say something that produces a lot of controversy for two or three days or do something, whether it's a... make a face, look at his watch. something has to happen that the voters look at. it changes how they evaluate the candidate. judy, the way i would put it is everybody needs to take a collective breath after this and say, wait a minute, maybe i need to reassess the camp
we've had 10 presidential elections with televised debates. in three of them one candidate went into the first debate leading and another candidate came out of the last debate leading much it's turnedded campaigns in 1960 and 1980 and in 2000. so it can be done but it's a high task for sure. >> remember, we've been campaigning or we haven't been campaigning but the candidates have been campaigning for six months now. >> woodruff: do you agree with susan that a debate can change the...